Originally Posted by canyoncreek
Funky,
My pond is max 10' deep at full pool and most of the time in the summer it is 9' and occasionally 8' when the water table drops. My aerator is right in the middle but is off the ground on a tote by another 10" or so. I aerate from about 9pm to 7am through most of summer in order to try to COOL down the water (lots of reasons but it helps that more oxygen can be stored in water the cooler it gets) Then when it starts getting cold in the fall I switch to daytime aeration to try to preserve the warmth which allows a little more time for surface feeding as I use up my pellets for the year.

Aeration isn't a must when water is cool (at least half the year where you live) and our ponds are probably not large enough or deep enough to have a large body of water below a thermocline that could develop buildup of sulfide and other gasses. Wind action probably would already keep your dissolved O2 at levels to avoid fish kill.


CC, do you have a thermometer? If so, would you be willing to do a test for me?

Take the water temp now with you only aerating at night to keep the pond cool. Then for the next few days aerate 24/7 and re-take the pond water temp at the same place at the same time of the day. Report your findings.

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